Speakers

Guosong Xu

Dr. Guosong Xu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He received his PhD from WHU (Otto Beisheim School of Management) in Germany and was a visiting scholar at Stern Business School, New York University. His research interests lie in the area of corporate finance, political economics, and behavioural finance.

Yuanwei Xu

I am a PhD candidate in Economics from University of Hannover, a member of the research training group "Globalization and Development", and a guest researcher in DIW Berlin. My research are focused on development economics, Chinese economy, and global health. In my main research papers, I study the health effects of housing price appreciation, the rising sex ratios and marriage payments, as well as internal migration and political perceptions in China.

Le Xu

I am graduating from the Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and joining the Department of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics and Management this fall. My research interests are Macroeconomics, Business Fluctuations, and Network Economics.

Naoki Yago

Naoki Yago received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Tokyo. He is now a student at the University of Cambridge, MPhil in Economic Research. His research focuses on macroeconomics and monetary economics, particularly asset price bubbles and financial crises.

Akira Yakita

Faculty of Economics, Nanzan University in Japan. My major is Public Economics and Population Economics. Education; BA: Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; and Doctorate: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Firat Yaman

Firat Yaman was born in Germany to Turkish parents. He obtained a degree in Economics from the University of Hanover, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been working at City, University of London since 2011. His research covers a broad area of topics, such as the assimilation of immigrants, household finance, life satisfaction, and whatever else comes his way and looks interesting.

David Yanagizawa-Drott

Yang Yang

I am a PhD candidate at Toulouse School of Economics. My main research fields are: Applied Microeconomic Theory, and Industrial Organization.

Hakki Yazici

Hakki Yazici is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University. He is also a CESifo Research Fellow. His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics and public economics, with a specific interest in economic inequality, social insurance, redistribution, and optimal taxation.

Junyang Yin

I am a PhD student in the School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol, my major research area is Banking.